Relationships

Guarding Your Oneness: Keeping Everything Else Out of the Middle

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-03-14 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Marriage images God, which means it is never meant to have anything standing in the middle of it—not children, parents, friends, vocation, or hobbies. Genesis 1:26–28 shows God creating man and woman together to bear His image and exercise dominion as one, not…

When Anger Surprises You: Meeting God in the Heat Instead of Stuffing or Exploding

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-12-04 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Hurts So Much You didn’t plan to lose it. One minute you’re in a meeting, trying to stay composed while a colleague dismisses your work or talks over you. The next minute, heat floods your chest. Your jaw tightens. You feel…

Who Am I, Really? Discovering Your Macro and Micro Identity—and Crucifying the False Performer

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-11-13 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You stand in another meeting, join your small group, or look in the mirror and wonder: Who is the real me? Am I just what I do well? The version people want? The performer who gets the laughs or praise?You hear that God says…

When Her Anxiety Feels Bigger Than Both of You: What Husbands Can—and Can’t—Do That Actually Helps

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-11-13 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You see it in her eyes before she speaks. The racing questions, the restless worry she can’t talk herself out of, the way her whole body seems to brace for impact. You know she’s prayed, tried breathing exercises, done her part. But tonight,…

Forgiving When They Won’t Change: Releasing the Cycle and Staying Free When Harm Is Likely to Repeat

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-11-12 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You’ve set boundaries, given second (or seventieth) chances, and pleaded for things to get better. But you look in their eyes—spouse, sibling, coworker, even someone in your church—and you see no real repentance. Your gut sinks as you realize: not only are they…

If I Really Believed God Loves Me Like Jesus—How Would Life Change? How to Use the Core CHEW Question for Real Transformation

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-11-11 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Opening HookYou’ve read it and heard it: “God loves you.” But at 2 A.M., when you’re lying awake, stressed over work, or feeling like you’re not enough for your family, does it feel true? Or maybe you keep asking God for help at work or…

When God’s Ways Don’t Make Sense: Wrestling with Real Anger, Not Stuffing It

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-10-25 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Brandon is doing all the “right” things—resisting sin, praying for wisdom, trying to live purely—but the changes he craves seem stuck on hold. Truthfully? He’s frustrated that God’s way so often feels harder than other people’s, that even when he does everything “right,”…

Managing Sexual Desire While Dating: God’s Love Is a Better Way

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-10-25 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why this matters for you Picture this: you’re dating someone you genuinely like. You pray together, talk about Scripture, and want Christ at the center. But when you are alone—on the couch, in the car, saying goodnight at the door—everything feels far less…

Physical Boundaries in Christian Dating: Where Should We Draw the Line?

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-10-25 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why this matters for you You know the questions that swirl when you start dating someone you really like: You want to honor Christ, yet your body and emotions feel anything but neutral. Culture disciples you to treat physical intimacy as the natural…

Gospel-Centered Dating: Following Jesus, Not the Culture

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-10-25 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why this matters for you You want something different than what the culture offers. You see hookup culture, swipe culture, and “situationships” that blur every line. You’ve watched friends get emotionally tangled, physically involved, and spiritually confused—fast. Part of you is scared of…